Prayers and flowers... for a terrorist leader: Iran's Ayatollah prays over Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh's coffin after vowing 'revenge' for 'Israeli' assassination - as US calls on 'all parties' to 'avo

Iran held funeral processions this morning for Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh who was assassinated in a suspected Israeli missile strike on Tehran yesterday just hours after he attended the inauguration of Iran's new president. Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei stands over the coffin of Ismail Haniyeh as he leads funeral prayers in Tehran today The typically stony-faced supreme leader bowed his head as he delivered the prayers, flanked by Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian and a host of Iranian and Hamas delegates at the ceremony at Tehran University A funeral procession for Haniyeh makes its way through the streets of Tehran as tens of thousands of mourners turned out A truck carrying Haniyeh's coffin was emblazoned with a huge portrait of the slain Hamas chief His corpse will later be flown to Doha in Qatar, where he has governed in exile for years, to be laid to rest Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh arrives at the Iranian parliament to attend the swearing-in ceremony of newly-elected President Masoud Pezeshkian, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, July 30, 2024 Streets in Tehran were crowded with supporters of Haniyeh today Haniyeh's death was announced yesterday morning by Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps, who said he and his bodyguard were killed in a strike on their accommodation in the Iranian capital at 2:00am on Wednesday. Thousands of Pakistani supporters of Islamic party Jammat-e-Islami attend the funeral prayer in absentia for Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on July 31, 2024 Thousands of Pakistani supporters of Islamic party Jammat-e-Islami attend the funeral prayer in absentia for Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on July 31, 2024 Iranian protesters wave Iranian, Palestinian and Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group flags in a demonstration to condemn the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh as a huge portrait of him is seen on a wall at background, at Felestin Sq. in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, July 31, 2024 A supporter of the Lebanese Islamic group and the Islamist Hamas movement holds a mock rocket as he attends with other supporters a protest to condemn the killing of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh Hours from death: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei meets with Ismail Haniyeh before Israel's lethal strike on the Hamas leader in Tehran, Iran July 30, 2024 Palestinian group Hamas' top leader Ismail Haniyeh attends Iran's new President, Masoud Pezeshkian's swearing-in ceremony at the parliament in Tehran Israel's Defence Forces seized the chance to hit Haniyeh and conducted a daring missile strike on his residence in Tehran just hours after the event, killing the Hamas leader and a security guard From the early hours of Wednesday, crowds took to the streets in cities across Iran and the Middle East to condemn Haniyeh's killing, with hundreds gathering in Tehran's Palestine Square to chant 'Death to Israel, Death to America'. A procession for Haniyeh is seen in Tehran today Ali Khamenei prays over the coffin of Ismail Haniyeh alongside Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian Palestinians carry children on their shoulders, one holding a toy gun and the other a Palestinian flag, as they protest the assassination of Hamas top leader Ismail Haniyeh, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Wednesday, July 31, 2024 A large banner bearing a picture of slain Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh hangs in a street in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain al-Hilweh, near the southern Lebanese city of Sidon on July 31, 2024 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to destroy Hamas in retaliation for the October 7 attack that ignited war in Gaza.